For me, it was very important also to describe a little bit this process in which one loses his individuality and becomes part of a group of a mob conforming and hiding himself against others.

And if Matthias understands something by the end of the film is that even if you don't want to get involved socially, it brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, Director Christian Munjou paints a portrait of ethnic and economic resentments

in a small Romanian mountain town, in his film, R.M.N, which was screened as part of the DGA's

global cinema series. After a violent incident at his job in Germany, a father returns home to his

family in their Transylvanian village in Romania. But when the local factory hires foreign

workers, deep-rooted impulses and resentments emerge, shattering the veneer of peace in the

community. Munjou's other directorial credits include the features four months, three weeks,

two days, graduation, beyond the hills, and Occident. Following the global cinema series screening

of the film at the DGA theater in Los Angeles, Munjew spoke with director Victoria

Hawkeberg about the film.

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

Welcome to the Directors Guild of America.

We have a large number of guild members here tonight.

Many of them have seen two other of your films that we've shown over the years, four months, three weeks, two days in 2008, and graduation

in 2017. So we're especially happy to finally meet you in person, sort of, Zoom person.

My name is Victoria Hockberg, chair of the Global Cinema Committee.

I have a few questions for you.

R.M., are you ready?

Yes, absolutely.

Always.

Thank you.

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